back in new york city, officials say the last-minute push is working. the nypd now reporting more than 80% compliance, up from 70% last week. >> i think we're heading in the right direction. >> reporter: and with the rise in vaccinations and the fading delta variant, some encouraging news. new york city reported a covid test positivity rate of less than 1% lester >> all right gabe gutierrez, thank you. >>> at the vatican today, the president and the pontiff. president biden meeting with pope francis and mr. biden making a striking admission while speaking to the french president. peter alexander is at the vatican. >> reporter: for president biden, a day of devotion and diplomacy. america's second ever roman catholic president having a private audience with pope francis, with whom he's built a personal bond, giving him a ceremonial commander coin and a compliment. >> you are the most significant warrior for peace i have ever met. >> reporter: president biden was later asked whether the issue of abortion came up >> no, it didn't we talked about the fact h

. >>> and he ran the very first new york city marathon. now on the 50th running, he's returning to the starting line. >>> this is nbc night lie news with lester holt >>> good evening, and thank you for joining us the fda tonight has given the okay for kids ages 5 to 11 to receive pfizer covid shots. the first injection is likely just days away. with 28 million children eligible, today's emergency use authorization is a potential game changer in the fight against the pandemic especially in the nation's beleaguered schools. and could narrow the vaccination gap that tonight leaves fewer than 58% of americans fully vaccinated all of this follows the recommendation of a safety panel which determined the child size dose to be safe and effective. the cdc expected now to follow-up shortly with its endorsement tom costello now with late details >> reporter: this afternoon's fda news means hospitals and clinics have just days to prepare for another wave of vaccinations at inova hospital in fairfax, virginia, they're prepping to vaccinate 500 young c

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in restaurants in new york city, from the workforce in new york city. these are big issues. tom: unlike most pandemics, this was almost too successful. we brought on the successful vaccines at light speed and to your point we did not have the time to get the public ready for vaccination. i've emphasized that we completely failed in a celebrity buy-in. you take two people from the super bowl or you take two people from the premier league and you show -- jonathan: i don't think that gets it done. we are talking about a mistrust of government amongst minority communities and there are legitimate reasons for it and we are talking what a mistrust of government from people who just so happen to vote for the former president donald trump. in this country it's where the focus was. it was upper-middle-class hippies on the west coast in california who did not want to touch vaccines. that was several years before all of this happened. did they go out and get a vaccine? tom: that's different. jonathan: but they dominated the boards on facebook. it's been a story for a long time. lisa: y

york city, and it's time to stop >> reporter: the mandates are extending far beyond new york. it is intensifying not just at street rallies but courtroom missouri's governor parred state offices from punishing those who decline the vaccine. 21 attorneys general have signed the letter, challenging the vaccine requirement for federal contractors. and florida filed a lawsuit. >> we do have a responsibility to stand up for our authority here to govern ourselves >> reporter: back here in new york, city officials say they are planning mandatory overtime and canceling vacations to compensate for any staffing issues francis. >> gabe, thank you >> still to come, halloween screams at the box office. the scary side of nostalgia hits theaters with "last night in soho." >> and amazon raising new questions about the economy. better get new febreze fabric antimicrobial. its water-based formula penetrates fabrics to kill 99.9% of bacteria and it eliminates odors. spray it on your furniture, your rugs, your clothes - wherever bacteria and odors hide. you can even sanitize your car seats! for a

in new york city, we were in the epicenter of covid. the news was parks being empty, people fleeing the city, going to the suburbs, going to the here, there, everywhere. what do you see for the future of real estate here in new york. it's actually just getting started again and coming back in a bigger way, i think, than ever. there's this vibrancy, the culture, the creativity. just as quickly as everyone left, they're all coming back at the same time too. [upbeat music] johnny devenanzio: well, rob. you're home. i'm finally back home. it's been almost 17 months since i left times square. long overdue. you have many credits to your name. "beetlejuice." - yeah. you were nominated for a tony for "chaplin" as well. that's right. yeah. and right before the pandemic, you landed very iconic role as mrs. doubtfire. congratulations. rob mcclure: thank you. that's one of the most iconic movies played by one of the most legendary actors of our time, robin williams. mrs. doubtfire: hello! what's it like as an actor to fill those shoes? i never will

and rubbish piling up in new york city of the sanitation work as protest against the new york coven vaccination mandate. that set to see un vaccinated city employees, rather unvaccinated city employees place unpaid leave from monday. huge the controversial ah . whether we're good afternoon, russia life, marty's world views age q. my name's kevin, thanks for checking in with us this weekend. wherever you shooting in from. i'm a good start in italy then. what's the big news this weekend? where are this? she has g 20 summit kicked off. it's the groups 1st in person gathering since the start of the pandemic. and no question covered 19 is very much on the agenda. still let him a po, to news, attended via video link stress just a little earlier last hour. there's an urgent need to speed up mutual recognition of vaccines. i told her, but i did send you money. i would like to draw your attention to the fact that despite the decision of the g 20, still not all countries in need have access to vaccines and other vital resources. this is also due to, i believe, unfair competition protectionism due to the

it's kind of a new york city legend. when this townhouse went on the market in october of 2009, the "new york daily news" said, quote, the historic gay street property on the connor of waverly place is rumored to be inhabited by a restless spirit who walks the creaking floorboards at night. legend has it that a man in top hat and tails has been spot inside the building. a neighbor telling the "new york daily news" she had seen mysterious faces appear in with windows of the building and heard noises. she told the paper, there are ghosts in all of these buildings. it just happens. it's very spiritual. another neighbor who lived across the street told the paper, quote, i wouldn't go in there right now. it's legendary that ghosts live there. that place would be like moving into "the shining." "shining"! the shadow. all very spooky, right? today that same house, that exact same house on gay street in new york city got a spooky new development in it's spooky history because today that house was raided by the fbi. simultaneousl

jumaane williams is new york city's public advocate. last year, he toured rikers, since he has done since 2008. jumanne, let's begin with you. you said conditions, the last time you toured rikers island were the most horrific you have seen. tell us what you have seen. >> at that point, it was stunning. it was really very hard to explain unless you were there. people just laying in filth. there was one man in a cell, actually a shower, you could not sit or stand down. i don't know if it was urine or water, but they were just nake d. i saw a cell that should have been for three people, six people. the toilet was not working. people should have been moved. there were hiv patients, mental health patients who had not gotten their mication weeks. it was a disaster for everyone, on both sides of the bars. i would point out, rikers is the largest jail complex in the world. sadly, probably the largest mental health institution in the world as well, which is another problem. amy: you say you are concerned rikers could explode like attica 50 years

carley: the new york post has a write-up on this topic and they say new york city's war on drugs is over, the junkies won. tell us about the new law that governor hochul just signed. >> it's the pinnacle of what could be called the harm reduction model of dealing with people using dangerous drugs on our streets. this is the model of governing which aloys needle -- allows needle exchanges and things like that rather than any involvement from law enforcement. this is that playing out right now in new york sigh and unfortunately the people it leaves out of the process are the public who have to see these conditions, who have to stumble upon needles in their public spaces and unfortunately this is essentially a license for people, addicted people, to use drugs wherever and whenever they please. as we saw with marijuana, this is going to lead to more people using drugs in our parks and public spaces. carley: before i get to you, kathy, one more to you, joe. before police could arrest somebody if they see them injecting drugs, by that empty syringe and drug residue left in the syringe, now und

great cinema to new york city. a highlight of this year, the opening night film, a new adaptation of macbeth starring frances mcdormand and denzel washington. we hope that people enjoy it and respond to it and we'll see what happens. macbeth, the so—called scottish play, has been adopted into more than 25 different movies. we look at those that made an impact. a shocking body horror thriller, titane, this year's big winner at the cannes film festival, came to new york with its director and star. i told myself, pretend you're doing a little show. this is a weird show, butjust have fun with it. there were many festival films with great performances, a real stand—out, benedict cumberbatch in the power of the dog. and some great documentaries, one using animation to chronicle the plight of an afghan refugee fleeing the taliban 25 years ago. and the other, a portrait of the influential new york rock band formed in the 1960s, the velvet underground. like almost every british schoolchild of my generation, i had the wo

around new york city on purpose. the testing starting today to see how ready america's biggest city is for a chemical attack but first the white house with a new plan to monitor and predict the movements of migrants. nobodies news has learned the department of homeland security is building a special intelligence-gathering cell. it's designed to detect, track and send warnings about large groups of migrants headed north to the united states this comes after a massive surge of around 30,000 mostly haitian migrants they crossed the border into texas last month setting off that major crisis for the white house. julia ainsley broke the story for nbc news julia, how exactly would this cell work? >> well, shep, in the short term it would bring together people from inside dhs, cvp, ice and the office of intelligence and analysis to one building in washington where they could start watching the movements of migrants also a big part of this is watching social media, building grip s -- building algorithms to see where smugglers

to us here in new york city. next up, we are going to buffalo to speak with the democratic mayoral candidate india walton. she is a black nurse and mother of four was trying to become the first socialist mayor of a major american city in decades. she won the democratic primary against the four term incumbent, but the new york state democratic party is not supporting her. we will find out why. stay with us. ♪ ♪ [music break] amy: "trickle down" by buffalo, new york's ani di franco, about growing up amidst the looming fear of factory shutdowns in her hometown. this is democracynow! i am amy goodman with juan gonzalez. the chair of new york's democratic party is facing calls to resign after he compared buffalo mayoral candidate india walton to former ku klux klan leader david duke. walton shocked the democratic establishment in june, when she defeated buffalo four-term mayor byron brown in the democratic primary. india walton is a black single mother, a registered nurse, a longtime community activist, and a self

york city is preparing for a new york city is preparing for a shortage of first responders after a deadline passed for staff to be immunised. union leaders say more than one third of their staff could be put on paid leave and the mandate stakes —— takes place from monday. a prominent film actor from southern india, puneeth rajkumar, has died at the age of 66. doctors say he died of a heart attack in the city of bengaluru. described as a superstar in the film industry, mr rajkumar had acted in several blockbusters.

the fact that he believes the good people of new york city, the law abiding decent people of new york city need their law enforcement officers to provide better customer service to felons and thugs. this mayor, what a bozo. i hope they have learned their lesson. the last thing i will say about this. he brought up customer service. exercising the rights of the people of new york city, they have to show a vaccine verification to get a slice of pizza. it's just too much. judge jeanine: kids are being gunned down in new york city. there is a picture of a bicycle earlier in the news. one shot in the head and died yesterday. what's this guy thinking? >> i agree with tomi 100%. they are not selling refrigerators or appliances. he has no clue. he's ignoring what's happening in new york. crime. the criminals are trying to hurt victims and police officers. this guy is trying to ignore what is going on in new york. crime waves goings-on ever since the summer of 2020. and what he is doing is basically ignoring the arguments and the problems that law enforcement have in new york. the crime wave in

new york city mad, better rethink his mandate. real quick. my garbage wasn't picked up today and will get worse when new york city sanitation workers don't show up for pickups and snow ploughing, medical staff, shortages, burning fires not put out, city will be crippled. if we don't have employed d as in why workers, we will have outbreaks of disease like cholera in new york city. the mandate needs to be relaxed to prevent mounds of garbage on our streets. if your garbage hasn't been picked up. thank the new york city vaccine mandate build, blasio has been in touch with the sanitation department as well as the union that represents sanitation employees. he says this slow down is unacceptable and that there will be consequences. anyone who is not doing their job, you're harming your fellow sanitation workers, and you're harming your neighbors and you're harming your city. and it's time to stop. now the santa taishan workers association, fear that the slow down may simply be foreshadowing a loss of workers coming on monday in anticipation. they

york city. a tribute to the late congressman john lewis, breonna taylor and floyd had been unveiled on thursday and by sunday morning, that bronze bust of floyd was splattered with paint. it was also vandalized in brooklyn for juneteenth. >>> the coach for one of the teams in the national women's soccer league is out of a job this morning paul riley, who has coached for the north carolina courage and other teams was fired after a dozen women told the athletic he was verbally abusive there were also allegations of sexual coercion. following the bombshell report, the league postpone all upcoming matches. two players spoke to nbc news about the culture of the league. >> we need more structure, standards, policies, background checks we need to be treated with basic human rights >> this obviously is affecting you deeply why are you so emotional >> what are we saying to young players, 12 or 13 years old, about what we are going to allow to happen to our athletes? >> paul riley has denied all allegatio

in the new york city fire department you need at least 30 days to retire. we have members having a hard time even retiring, now the retirement office is flooded, we're asking for the city to give us the time to negotiate the terms of transition and allow some of our court cases that bring up natural immunity to make their way through court. andrew ansbro of the uniformed firefighters association in new york. a row between britain and france overfishing rights in uk waters has escalated further. the french prime minister has written to the european commission asking it to begin proceedings that could lead to retaliatory tariffs on uk goods entering the eu. arriving in rome with a diplomatic row brewing, the prime minister stressed the ties that bind the uk and france. an old ally and friend, but the french president tonight told the financial times the uk's credibility is at stake in the row over fishing. this is the front line of this fight, which has been rumbling for months. the authorities here injersey and across the uk say they have stuck to agreements

in the new york city fire department you need at least 30 days to retire. we have members that are having a hard time even retiring now the retirement office is flooded, and they're going to go without pay. we're asking for the city to give us the time to negotiate the terms of transition and allow some of our court cases that bring up natural immunity to make their way through court. andrew ansbro of the uniformed firefighters association in new york. the polish parliament has approved the plan to build part of a wall in response to what it says is an unprecedented wave of migrants and refugees in recent months. the estimated 353 million wall will replace existing fencing along more than 100 kilometres of the eastern border. microsoft has overtaken apple as the world's most valuable company, shares in the tech company closing at a record high in new york, ballingup at 2.119 trillion. the iphone maker's shares have continued to decline because of recent shortages in chips. seeking a religious exemption to covid-19 seeking a religious exemption to covid—19

new york city districts after work is skipped. the collection runs to protest, coven vaccine mandates. starting monday, all city workers who haven't received at least one vaccine chart will have to stay at home without pay and not stopped. fears that will be an accused shortage of key personnel with many essential workers already showing the initiative covering it kind of open for us. ah, hundreds of city workers are outraged and gathered to protest outside of the mayor's residence. some of them, even through garbage on to the mayor's lawn. ah, garbage is only piling up on the mayor's lawn. it's everywhere. sanitation workers across the city had a slow down on thursday. residents of taken to social media to complain about what appears to be an act of protest by sanitation workers against the pending vaccine mandate. new york city mad, better rethink his mandate, real quick. my garbage wasn't picked up today and we'll get worse when new york city sanitation workers don't show up for pickups and snow ploughing, medical staff, shorta

thank the new york city vaccine mandate. bill diblasio has been in touch with the sanitation department as well as the union that represents sanitation employees. he says this low down is unacceptable and that there will be consequences. anyone who is not doing their job, you're harming your fellow sanitation workers, and you're harming your neighbors and you're harming your city and it's time to stop. now the sanitation workers association, fear that the slow down may simply be foreshadowing a loss of workers coming on monday. they are moving to snow ships 12 hours instead of 8 and anticipation of workers shortages. and it appears that as a result of this mandates, new york city could soon be losing one in 5 that's 20 percent of its fire departments due to firefighters. not getting the jab for the mayor to turn around and say, we can run this apartment with 25 to 35 percent less members is ignoring the fact that we cant even keep our houses open today. right now. their livelihood is on the line, and their paycheck is on the

i very active in my home church in new york city. i know that politics and the church, the separation of powers, and we often try to limit the type of interaction this particular video at the beginning part. it was a lot of information about getting out the vote. going to be in a part of the process that in and of itself is not illegal. that for a $51.00, the 3 church, they can do that. they can encourage the congregate to actually take part because they are, you know, that has been, that they should be taking part of their civic duty. and the question is whether the statement where she said her friend, governor mccall, it, you know, she was a little bit maybe too far, but that is not up to me to decide is not there any of us to decide that's where the i are resting for it back, it was a real violation here. i think that people, you know, she didn't pay her name, she didn't be her title. so there's a question. there's a legal question that we have right here. oh, the politician, the best seller. i'll always find a loophole. maybe the

to give me a chance to go back to new york city. and it would give some very good exposure. if they would figure out what to do next, and get to know the right people in new york city for a job and public relations. but if you go out there? what if you start to meet the people? once you start to shake hands, and hear about their concerns are, you can figure out, maybe, actually, i can do this. i can fix their problems. i became so convinced that you have to win. so, i ran for new york city council when my dad, decided, to run for president. rudy giuliani asked my father to run for borough president, to increase the republicans on staten island. my mother was diagnosed, not long before that, and threw away from home, for the right thing. so, he ran for borough president, and one, which left off in his congressional data. it was always just a dream come true for me, watching him, following him, and following the discussions, and the debates, to have an opportunity to serve in the united states house of representatives. it was probably

great cinema to new york city. a highlight of this year, the opening night film, a new adaptation of macbeth starring frances mcdormand and denzel washington. we hope that people enjoy it and respond to it and we'll see what happens. macbeth, the so—called scottish play, has been adopted into more than 25 different movies. we look at those that made an impact. a shocking body horror thriller, titane, this year's big winner at the cannes film festival, came to new york with its director and star. i told myself, pretend you're doing a little show. this is a weird show, butjust have fun with it. there were many festival films with great performances, a real stand—out, benedict cumberbatch in the power of the dog. and some great documentaries, one using animation to chronicle the plight of an afghan refugee fleeing the taliban 25 years ago. and the other, a portrait of the influential new york rock band formed in the 1960s, the velvet underground. like almost every british schoolchild of my generation, i had the wo

>> i was in the new york city council. that was my first elected >> i was in the new york city council. that was my first elected office. that was really more just an opportunity that came up. because i was always with my father and was raised -- you grow up in my family and you'll go to a republican convention at a county hall, and they would say, guy molinari is going to be -- who is going to nominate guy molinari for the new york state assembly? and my dad would say, my daughter. so i learned to speak publicly before i knew i was supposed to be afraid of it, and so it's just -- so because i was always active in his campaigns, people came to me and asked me from a very young age to consider running for office. and when this position opened up for the new york city council, i thought, well, i had been working in washington, d.c. it would give me a chance to go back to new york city. there was no way i was supposed to win this race, but it would give me good exposure to figure out what i wanted to do next and get to know t

here in new york city, if they have to start closing here in new york city, if they have to s firehouses, today, the mayor said they have a contingency plan in place to protect the city. norah. >> o'donnell: all right, meg oliver, thank you very much. also breaking tonight, the f.b.i. says that the skeletal remains found in a nature preserve in florida on wednesday are, in fact, those of brian laundrie. dental records confirm the match today. the 23-year-old had been missing for more than a month, and was wanted for questioning in the death of his 22-year-old fiancÉe gabby petito, who was found strangled to death last month in wyoming. the couple had been traveling cross-country in a van. well, the f.b.i. says a backpack and a notebook belonging to laundrie were also found near his remains. searchers were led there on wednesday by laundrie's parents. that area had been underwater until recently. we also want to update you tonight on this breaking news we're just getting in frombrea britain tonight. we're actually learning that queen elizabeth spent the night in a hospital. cbs' holly wi

new york city? oh, okay. any community, can anybody afford to lose that many cops, firefighters, nurses, first responders, crime surging already, billion dollar cut to the nypd? at this point, people have made up their mind, this is not about vax or not vax, clearly people in these professions, teachers, nurses, firemen, policemen, military, they have made up their mind, they are willing to lose their income, their benefits, their pension, they have made up their mind, whether you agree or not. it appears we are on a collision course because a new york judge refused to cause the mandate for the city's workforce. the new york city firefighters union is now telling their members to defy the mandate. down in florida, governor desantis, he is once again becoming a beacon of hope for common sense americans. he is now planning to give $5,000 bonuses to any out-of-state law enforcement officers that want to relocate to florida. not a bad idea. the weather is better, taxes lower. here with reaction from a former whit

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workers in new york city will be required to be vaccinated in order to keep their jobs. they'll be going on unpaid leave if they are not vaccinated by that time. needless to say, many of them are not happy about this mandate. ah. during some of the rowdy protests that we've seen, garbage was even thrown on to the lawn of the mayor's residence. and it appears that as a result of this mandate, new york city could soon be losing one in 5 that's 20 percent of its fire departments due to firefighters. not getting the jap, i don't think the mayor understands what's going to happen on november. first. there is going to be a catastrophic stepping shortage if $3500.00 firefighters that are currently on vaccinated or told to not go to war. so this, this city is going to be very different on november 1st, when the mayor is forced to, will, the mayor is going to force firefighters to knock it on the rigs. you're going to see dozens and dozens of bar houses close. you're gonna see response times corn. it is inevitable, lives are going to be lost. that is irrefutable. that's not only

new york city's essential work is to get vaccinated or lose their pain. a job deadline has seen them as resident besieged by protest, as the ag parliament is suing the european commission for failing to hold accountable lowe's members, thanks to define the blocks rule of law that as the polish foreign ministry, some of the belgian ambassador over the countries criticism of warsaw approached to its legal dispute with brussels. ah! lives from oscar, thanks for joining us tonight on our teams national. i'm daniel hawkins. welcome to this. i was wonder. now there's just hours ago before new york's unvaccinated essential workers will be forced to take unpaid leaf, the man's job deadline is 5 pm, monday. it's feared, thousands will miss it. creating serious, shorter years in the sector, kayla molten has the story. 5 pm eastern standard time is the deadline for which city workers in new york city will be required to be vaccinated in order to keep their jobs. they'll be going on unpaid leave. if they are not vaccinated by that time, needless to say, many of them

census data shows new york city with a more robust population gain an estimate suggested. new york came within 26 residents of keeping all 27 of its seats at this time. it's the redistricting weapon for either party in the country. the legislature has a final say over maps and democrats have a super majority in albany. what that means is they could convert the current map which has 19 democrats and eight republicans into a map that's more aggressive for democrats. gerrymander is the state in a way to get democrats up to 23 of the states 26 districts. dimension the advisory commission this is a bipartisan commission of ten members that was established by a ballot initiative passed by voters. and yet it has been slow to function. the five democrats and five republicans have to come to some kind of consensus in order to advance redistricting maps to the legislature for consideration. there is actually a separate ballot initiative on the ballot this fall that could allow the legislature more leeway if it even proposals at all. it's an end around imposing their will on the map.

making news because young female new york city it was somewhat controversial. then we started making the phone calls back it turns out i was the first female tour pants on the house of the floor of representatives. not against the dress rose to his story will have to research this, the best as i could determine there is not a set out dress code for females when they were doing those things because they didn't think there'd be any females on the house floor. but yes i made glamour magazine, i went on the kathy and regis show and it was all because i had pants on the floor for the first time. >> this is all external your colleagues did not, question or. >> note not at all. i would be really surprised if they would have noticed. >> before we go too far ahead i want to give you a chance about the story you talked about off tape with the delegation you led to boston it when you were pregnant can you tell us about that? >> thank you. i got to be very close with bob dole during the former yugoslavia in crisis. during the time we had an arms embargo out against. what w

a lead detective in new york city texted me during the show. the police here can not do their jobs because they're not backed up by the democratic leaders. >> new york is struggling don't call it a hell hole. >> it's not a hell hole. >> talk to your local precinct. >> i feel safe walking across the city. do i trust the democratic leaders give the miss the power to protect us. no, we're on our own. thank you, mayor. that's all the time we. have up next ... we have. up next ... >> william shatner is back on solid ground after his trip to the final frontier. more on the historic blue origin space flight, next. >> president boyd en unveils his plan on the supply chain crisis. why are things getting worst not better. how long will it last. now with know how gabby petito died. what is next. will the local officials or fbi bring charges in her murder. first it was soccer moms, then security moms, now it's school board moms. we look at the latest suburban voting block and what it means for the mid attorney. i'm john roberts join sandra smith and me at

accomplish for the people new york city. it accomplishes absolutely nothing. it cow taos to the radical leftist in the, in the city, which is basically a big makeup of the city. the 2nd bill de blasio was involved with this commission and he's going to get recommendations. what they should do, what everybody knew, they were, could recommend to keep it there. we're going to recommend to leave it alone. the commission was formed with the intent on, on the part of whoever formed it, or which i believe was diblasio or the city council, whomever, to get rid of it, to have an excuse to get rid of it. because this is what the commission recommended . and they couldn't just do it on their own because they wanted to. so it's all, it's all show biz, it's all a smokescreen, and it's a bunch of nonsense. it accomplishes absolutely nothing. it's a disgrace on top of it all, a big disgrace to take away the thomas jefferson stature, which has been there for almost 200 years while thinking of show you've got this other show going over on wa

it would give me a chance to go back to new york city. there was no way i was supposed to win this race, but it would give me good exposure to figure out what i wanted to do next and get to know the right people in new york city for a job in public relations. once you go out there and start to meet the people and once you start to shake hands and hear about what their concerns are, and once you start to figure out maybe i can actually do this and fix their problems, you become so convinced that you have to win. so i ran for the new york city council when my dad decided to run for borough president. mayor giuliani asked my dad to run for borough president to increase the participation of republicans on staten island. my mother was diagnosed not that long before that with a muscle disease, so it was kind of wearing on my dad to be away from home, so this fit the right thing. he ran for borough president and won which opened a congressional seat. this was a dream come true for me after watching him and following him and following the discuss

new york city. it was something they really wanted to do. but i was up against another new yorker o for the position. who was much more conservative than i. and as i found out in the debates about who was going to get this position, it was because i was moderate, pro-choice, couldn't get on appropriations. >> when thehe republicans took control of the chamber in 1995, you had the opportunity to chair a sub committee on the transportation y.committee. what was that experience>> like? and how wouldop you describe yo leadership style? >> oh, i loved it. i was given the opportunity to chair the railroad subcommittee. and that'ss, -- again one of things i loved about the transportation committee is you were -- so much of what you do in congress are really important conversations about changing human behavior. right? if you are having a conversation about reproductive rights, civil rights, welfare reform. you are having a conversation that is not as easy and if you will excuse the expression, concrete asf

york city. one new jersey hospital is now requiring boosters for staff who originally received the j afternoon afternoon jr vaccine. their deadline, christmas eve. and a federal appellate court ruled friday against exemptions for healthcare workers' vaccine mandate. >> kathy park joins me now from new york city. is the city ready if many first responders are suspended on monday? >> reporter: jose, the mayor says the city is prepared and has contingencies in places, including mandatory overtime and extra shifts to fill any sort of gaps moving forward. jose. >> kathy park in new york, thank you. >>> now to politics and president biden's critical global summit under way in italy, tackling major issues like iran's nuclear deal and taxes and the environment. our kelly o'donnell reports from rome. >> reporter: president biden arrives for the first g-20 summit held in person in more than two years due to covid. as leaders came together for what's known as the family photo, mr. biden appeared on the far

through philadelphia and new york city. look at this image tonight, a water spout forming near children's hospital in tampa bay today. the system moving up the east coast. let's get right to senior meteorologist rob marciano, back with us again tonight. hey, rob. >> reporter: hi, david. another tough day. this time, in florida. there's still a tornado watch out there and ft. myers, naples, you're in it for the next couple of hours. then all of this moves up to the north, gifts pulled in by the mother low, which is very slow moving. so, it's going to be widespread from chicago to cleveland all the way to new york. d.c., baltimore, chesapeake bay, delaware bay, i'm worried about coastal flooding there tomorrow afternoon and then the heavy rains move into the new york metro area tomorrow night into saturday and hang around all weekend long. so, we're already saturated here. i think flooding is going to be a problem once again this weekend. david? >> all right, rob, we appreciate it. >>> when we come back here tonight, the work

york city. breaking ground operates one of the first bronx buildings where people's choice is being installed. >> they wanted to focus on a building that had a lot of families and would benefit greatly from-- from being able to-- to have affordable internet as soon as possible. >> reporter: had you heard of an internet cooperative before? >> no, no. it was-- it was new for us. we've looked into other options for as low-cost internet services as we could find, but i had never heard of this. i mean, it is not inexpensive to have internet service. and for the people that we serve, saving those dollars every month can truly, truly mean whether or not you have enough food on the table for your children. >> reporter: residents here already have verizon and optimum as service options, but michael angeles, a college student who takes classes online, says another option is needed. >> the internet sometimes is, like, very expensive, and it's not very affordable for us. >> reporter: angeles' family current